CPCU 530—The Legal Environment of Insurance

Bottom-Line Benefits

• Prepare to manage or mitigate the effects of litigation by learning insurance applications of contract law and tort law
• Improve organizational compliance by developing a detailed
  understanding of insurance regulations
• Make better commercial underwriting decisions by learning how
  client contracts affect coverage

Level: Intermediate

CPCU 530 Topics:

• Introduction to U.S. Law and Insurance Regulation
• Contracts: Formation; Agreement and Contractual Capacity
• Contracts: Consideration and Legal Purpose; Genuine Assent
• Contracts: Form, Interpretation, and Obligations
• Insurance Contract Law
• Commercial Law
• Property Law
• Tort Law—Negligence
• Tort Law—Intentional Torts
• Intentional Physical Torts
• Tort Law—Products Liability, Toxic/Environmental Torts; Litigation
• Agency Law
• Agency Law: Insurance Applications
• Employment Law
• Business Entities
• The International Legal Environment of Insurance

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